Karla Jane Dobbs v. State

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo ________________________ No. 07-12-0384-CR ________________________ HECTOR GUERRA, APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 64th District Court Hale County, Texas Trial Court No. A15307-0312, Honorable Robert W. Kinkaid, Jr., Presiding March 20, 2013 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Quinn, C.J., and Hancock and Pirtle, JJ. Appellant, Hector Guerra, entered a plea of guilty to the offense of criminal nonsupport 1 and, pursuant to a plea agreement, was placed on community supervision for a period of five years. Subsequently, the State moved to extend appellant’s term of community supervision on two occasions. Appellant agreed to each extension. 1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.05(a) (West 2011). Thereafter, the State filed a motion to revoke appellant’s community supervision. At the hearing on the State’s motion to revoke, appellant entered a plea of true to the allegations contained in the motion. After hearing testimony from appellant’s witnesses, the trial court entered an order revoking appellant’s community supervision and sentencing his to a term of confinement in a State Jail Facility for two years. Appellant is appealing the trial court’s order. We affirm. Appellant’s attorney has filed an Anders brief and a motion to withdraw. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed. 2d 498 (1967). In support of his motion to withdraw, counsel certifies that he has diligently reviewed the record, and in his opinion, the record reflects no reversible error upon which an appeal can be predicated. Id. at 744-45. In compliance with High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 813 (Tex.Crim.App. [Panel Op.] 1978), counsel has candidly discussed why, under the controlling authorities, there is no error in the trial court’s judgment. Additionally, counsel has certified that he has provided appellant a copy of the Anders brief and motion to withdraw and appropriately advised appellant of his right to file a pro se response in this matter. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991) (en banc). The Court has also advised appellant of his right to file a pro se response. Appellant has filed a response. By his Anders brief, counsel reviewed all grounds that could possibly support an appeal, but concludes the appeal is frivolous. Appellant’s response raised no new grounds and was simply a request that the Court review the entire record. We have reviewed the grounds suggested by counsel and made an independent review of the entire record to determine whether there are any arguable grounds which might support 2 an appeal. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988); Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005). We have found no such arguable grounds and agree with counsel that the appeal is frivolous. Accordingly, counsel=s motion to withdraw is hereby granted, and the trial court’s judgment is affirmed. 2 Mackey K. Hancock Justice Do not publish. 2 Counsel shall, within five days after this opinion is handed down, send his client a copy of the opinion and judgment, along with notification of appellant=s right to file a pro se petition for discretionary review. See TEX. R. APP. P. 48.4. 3